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Gifts from the Dark

Learning from the Incarceration Experience
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While in no way supporting the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark: Learning from the Incarceration Experience argues that we have much to learn from those who have been and are in prison. Schwartz and Chaney profile the contributions of literary giants, social activists, entrepreneurs, and other talented individuals who, despite the disorienting dilemma of incarceration, are models of adult transformative learning that positively impact the world. The authors interweave narratives with both qualitative and quantitative research references to analyze the role of solitude, writing, non-verbal communication; race and gender; physical exercise; education; technology; family and parenting; and the need to "give back" that precipitate transformative learning. The prison cell becomes a counterspace of metamorphosis. In focusing upon how men and women have chosen the worst moments of their lives as a baseline not to define, but to refine themselves, Gifts from the Dark promises to forever alter the limited mindset of incarceration as a solely one-dimensional, deficit event.
Joni Schwartz is professor of humanities at the City University of New York - LaGuardia Community College and adjunct professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice Graduate Studies Program. John R. Chaney is assistant professor and director of Criminal Justice programs for City University of New York -- LaGuardia Community College.
Part I: Adult Transformative Learning and the Prison Experience Chapter 1: Prison Writing: A Literary Tradition Chapter 2: Incarceration: The Disorienting Dilemma toward Transformation Chapter 3: Transformation: A Brave Act Chapter 4: Understanding the Role of Race and Gender Part II: Learning that Transforms the Self Chapter 5: Sitting with Yourself: Cells of Silence and Solitude Chapter 6: The Organic Intellectual Chapter 7: Higher & Continuing Education: Attracting the Best Students Chapter 8: Exercising Body and Mind: Habits and Flow Chapter 9: Emotional Intelligence and the Prison Experience Part III: Learning in Relation to Others Chapter 10: The Black Family and the Incarceration Experience Chapter 11: The Prison Experience and Technology Chapter 12: Non-verbal Communication Part IV: Learning that Transforms the World Chapter 13: Giving Back Chapter 14: Criminal Justice Reform: Everyone's Responsibility
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